Bits and Clips December 2024
I hope you find something among all this artwork, photography, memes, links, and quotes that spurs you on, inspires, supports, educates, or motivates you.
Refugee (Post Christmas Poem by Malcolm Guite)
We think of him as safe beneath the steeple, or cosy in a crib beside the font, but he is with a million displaced people on the long road of weariness and want.
Christmas 2024 (Photos)
We had a low key holiday, so much so, that the above candle sufficed as our tree. Christmas Eve dinner we had at my sister-in-law’s (you can see our daughter with their daughter below). Then on Christmas, we opened presents in the late morning with our California daughter on zoom. The gifts I received were … Read more
Welcome (New Christmas Poem by Polly Castor)
Welcome Whether you are spending your day surrounded by the hubbub of family, or in gaping isolation, or reverent solitude, nestled at home or ranging abroad, may you feel all the best of Life reborn in your heart today. Please know you are cherished and essential, celebrated and eternal by the divine Father/Mother. You have … Read more
From a Christmas Eve Letter in 1513
No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant.
Advent is the Name of that Moment (Quote by Frederick Buechner)
You can hear the world itself holding its breath.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Movie Review)
This film delivers its seasonal message without being sanctimonious, preachy, or overly sweet.
Snowy Night (poem by Mary Oliver)
Last night, an owl in the blue dark tossed an indeterminate number of carefully shaped sounds into the world…
My Best Reads of the Year ( Book Challenge Summary 2024)
Here are my three favorite non-fiction books, and two favorite novels.
Things that Make us Grin and Bow (Quote by Brian Doyle)
In short I believe in believing, which doesn’t make sense, which gives me hope.
Experimental Mixed Media Landscape Paintings
Here are the smaller landscapes I’ve done this fall of experimental methods and media.
Playground (Book Review)
This novel takes us on a deep dive into the wonders of the ocean, through themes of game playing, to contemplate the ramifications of AI, and the power of friendship.
For an Audience of One and Desire for Validation
focus on what is intrinsically yours to do without fretting about how others will respond to your authenticity, and to stay humble as a faithful servant of supreme good.